Interactive Graphs and Animations from the COVID-19 Reporting Data

library(tidyverse)
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library(plotly)
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library(gganimate)
library(transformr)
library(gifski)

Data for the Lab

time_series_confirmed_long <- read_csv(url("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CSSEGISandData/COVID-19/master/csse_covid_19_data/csse_covid_19_time_series/time_series_covid19_confirmed_global.csv")) %>%
  rename(Province_State = "Province/State", Country_Region = "Country/Region")  %>% 
               pivot_longer(-c(Province_State, Country_Region, Lat, Long),
                             names_to = "Date", values_to = "Confirmed") 
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# Let's get the times series data for deaths
time_series_deaths_long <- read_csv(url("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CSSEGISandData/COVID-19/master/csse_covid_19_data/csse_covid_19_time_series/time_series_covid19_deaths_global.csv")) %>%
  rename(Province_State = "Province/State", Country_Region = "Country/Region")  %>% 
  pivot_longer(-c(Province_State, Country_Region, Lat, Long),
               names_to = "Date", values_to = "Deaths")
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# Create Keys 
time_series_confirmed_long <- time_series_confirmed_long %>% 
  unite(Key, Province_State, Country_Region, Date, sep = ".", remove = FALSE)
time_series_deaths_long <- time_series_deaths_long %>% 
  unite(Key, Province_State, Country_Region, Date, sep = ".") %>% 
  select(Key, Deaths)

# Join tables
time_series_long_joined <- full_join(time_series_confirmed_long,
    time_series_deaths_long, by = c("Key")) %>% 
    select(-Key)

# Reformat the data
time_series_long_joined$Date <- mdy(time_series_long_joined$Date)
# Create Report table with counts
time_series_long_joined_counts <- time_series_long_joined %>% 
  pivot_longer(-c(Province_State, Country_Region, Lat, Long, Date),
               names_to = "Report_Type", values_to = "Counts")

Graphic Output

Saving plot as PDF:

# Plot graph to a pdf outputfile
pdf("plots/time_series_example_plot.pdf", width=6, height=3)
time_series_long_joined %>% 
  group_by(Country_Region,Date) %>% 
  summarise_at(c("Confirmed", "Deaths"), sum) %>% 
  filter (Country_Region == "US") %>% 
    ggplot(aes(x = Date,  y = Deaths)) + 
    geom_point() +
    geom_line() +
    ggtitle("US COVID-19 Deaths") +
    theme_bw()
dev.off()

Saving plot as PNG:

# Plot graph to a png outputfile
ppi <- 300
png("plots/time_series_example_plot.png", width=6*ppi, height=6*ppi, res=ppi)
time_series_long_joined %>% 
  group_by(Country_Region,Date) %>% 
  summarise_at(c("Confirmed", "Deaths"), sum) %>% 
  filter (Country_Region == "US") %>% 
    ggplot(aes(x = Date,  y = Deaths)) + 
    geom_point() +
    geom_line() +
    ggtitle("US COVID-19 Deaths")+
    theme_bw()
dev.off()

RMarkdown Loading Images

RMarkdown style of inserting images: US COVID-19 Deaths

HTML alternative to inserting images:

US COVID-19 Deaths

Interactive Graphs with plotly

ggplotly(
  time_series_long_joined %>% 
    group_by(Country_Region,Date) %>% 
    summarise_at(c("Confirmed", "Deaths"), sum) %>% 
    filter (Country_Region == "US") %>% 
    ggplot(aes(x = Date,  y = Deaths)) + 
      geom_point() +
      geom_line() +
      ggtitle("US COVID-19 Deaths") +
      theme_bw()
 )

Alternate way of saving plot to a variable and passing resulting variable as an arugment to plotly:

US_deaths <- time_series_long_joined %>% 
    group_by(Country_Region,Date) %>% 
    summarise_at(c("Confirmed", "Deaths"), sum) %>% 
    filter (Country_Region == "US")
 p <- ggplot(data = US_deaths, aes(x = Date,  y = Deaths)) + 
        geom_point() +
        geom_line() +
        ggtitle("US COVID-19 Deaths") +
        theme_bw()
ggplotly(p)

Animated Graphs with gganimate:

Animation of confirmed COVID-19 cases in a few selected countries:

theme_set(theme_bw())
data_time <- time_series_long_joined %>% 
    group_by(Country_Region,Date) %>% 
    summarise_at(c("Confirmed", "Deaths"), sum) %>% 
    filter (Country_Region %in% c("China","Korea, South","Japan","Italy","US")) 
p <- ggplot(data_time, aes(x = Date,  y = Confirmed, color = Country_Region)) + 
      geom_point() +
      geom_line() +
      ggtitle("Confirmed COVID-19 Cases") +
      geom_point(aes(group = seq_along(Date))) +
      transition_reveal(Date) 

 animate(p,renderer = gifski_renderer(), end_pause = 15)

#animate(p, end_pause = 15)